Tool Tote

Tool tote. I needed something to hold my tools while traveling and working at the bench. Came up with this design after browsing the wen a bit. Main carcass has Afromosia sides, dovetailed to quartersawn white oak. Handel is a bent lamination from my scrap pile. Messed up the mortises in the sides for letting in the handle, so I tried to hide the gaps with the paduk covers. Not entirely happy with those – but what the hell, it’s a toolbox. Box has 4 removable compartments, made of walnut and oak and a little hickory. Great project for the scrap pile. Wipe on oil/poly finish.

The afromosia is pretty tough wood, though it was difficult to keep the router from chipping it (these were the first joints I cut on my Leigh DR4). I don’t expect the joints to give me any problems in the future.

Looks great! The combination of woods is really cool. Had you never mentioned the mortise mess-up noone would have ever known. One thing I’ve learned here on LJ is that we don’t make mistakes, we incorporate “design features”.

the chisel holder trivet is a tight enough fit to stay put. I figure when I really need to carry some distance I’d remove the bottom trivet and have the chisel holder ride lower – though this is not really necessary, it might add to my peace of mind. Thanks for the kind words everyone! As usual, I want o build another but do things a bit differently. Our Guild is having a show pretty soon and I was thinking of entering this tooltote. Easier than my workbench!